Ya know if Kathie Lee had possesed a firearm this could have been prevented.
Keep dreaming! if Kathy lee had gone out and shot a coyote, then she'd be under arrest most likely, at a minimum the police would be looking for whoever did it.
When you're camping in a rural area and wolves come to your campsite and target your dog you are still not allowed by law to shoot the wolves. People are thrown in jail for that. My parents live right in the center of the phoenix metropolitan area. But there's a federal park within 6 blocks (papago park), the coyotes live in that park and come out every night looking for cats. Nobody is allowed to harm the coyotes. Get real. Only in a rural area you can get away with that and even there it is risky.